Hermann Wentker
Hermann Wentker (born December 16, 1959 in Bonn ) is a German historian and head of the Berlin department of the Institute for Contemporary History .
Hermann Wentker studied history and German literature in Erlangen and Bonn and received his doctorate with a thesis on the British war aims in the Crimean War at Klaus Hildebrand Dr. phil. He then worked for a few years as a research assistant to Adolf Birke at the University of Bayreuth . In 1994 he moved to the newly established branch of the Institute for Contemporary History in Potsdam (now Berlin-Lichterfelde ). Since 1998 he has headed the Berlin-Lichterfelde department. In 2001 Wentker completed his habilitation at the University of Leipzig with a thesis on judicial policy in the Soviet Zone and the early GDR . In the meantime he has been appointed adjunct professor .
Hermann Wentker's main research interests include the history of international relations in the 19th century and the history of the GDR, in particular church policy, foreign policy and the history of the judiciary. He has published numerous articles and books on these topics.
Fonts
- Monographs
- Destruction of the great power Russia? The British war aims in the Crimean War. Dissertation 1990/1991. (= Publications of the German Historical Institute London. Volume 30). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36315-X .
- Justice in the Soviet Zone / GDR 1945–1953. Transformation and role of their central institutions. (= Sources and representations on contemporary history. Volume 51). Oldenbourg, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-486-56544-3 .
- Foreign policy within narrow limits. The GDR in the international system 1949–1989. (= Sources and representations on contemporary history. Volume 72). Munich 2007.
- Anthologies
- with Adolf M. Birke (ed.): Federalism in the German-British dispute of opinion. Historical dimension and political topicality. Saur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-598-21410-3 .
- with Adolf M. Birke (Ed.): Germany and Russia in British Continental Policy since 1815. Saur, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-598-21411-1 .
- Overcoming political criminal justice in the GDR (PDF; 330 kB) injustice - SED dictatorship and resistance , 1996
- with Hartmut Mehringer and Michael Schwartz (eds.): Conquered or liberated? Germany in the international field of forces and the Soviet zone of occupation (1945/46). Munich 1999.
- with Dierk Hoffmann (Ed.): The last year of the SBZ. Political course setting and continuities in the process of founding the GDR. Munich 2000.
- with Dierk Hoffmann and Michael Schwartz (eds.): Before the building of the wall. Politics and Society in the GDR in the 1950s. Munich 2003.
- with Henrik Bispinck, Jürgen Danyel and Hans-Hermann Hertle (eds.): Uprising in the Eastern Bloc. On the crisis history of real socialism. Berlin 2004.
- with Roger Engelmann, Thomas Großbölting (Ed.): Communism in crisis. De-Stalinization in 1956 and the consequences. Göttingen 2008.
- with Udo Wengst (Ed.): Das doppelte Deutschland. 40 years of system competition. Berlin 2008.
- Source editions
- as publisher: People's Judge in the Soviet Zone / GDR 1945 to 1952. A documentation. Munich 1997.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Wentker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hermann Wentker in the German Digital Library
- Search for "Hermann Wentker" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Hermann Wentker at the Institute for Contemporary History
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wentker, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |